NadyPEM-02 UHF 16-Channel Wireless Professional in-Ear Monitor System with EB-6 Earbud Headphones

If you’re reading this review, then you know how expensive the high-end in-ear monitor systems cost. They’ve always been crazy expensive, and they always will be. But when you shell out the money, you get truly professional quality. Like, the stuff used in area tours for The Rolling Stones level.This Nandy system is more of the “prosumer” version. It’s a trusted brand that’s been around for decades, so you don’t have to worry that this is some weird knockoff amazon product. This is well made. There’s a real company behind this product, and they’ve been around that you feel this product is meant for people who know what they’re doing with it.I was pleasantly surprised at the sound quality. Keep in mind, the goal of this product isn’t to give you a hi-fi feed. This is meant as a tool that allows you to hear whichever feed you need to (or a mix) while you’re performing a live show. Live concerts can be very loud, and these in-ear monitor systems were developed to allow musicians to hear each other while on stage. Good to keep in mind. The range is good, as it should be, because sometimes the sound mixer is quite far away from the stage where I’m performing.If you’re not ready to shell out for the high end UE monitors, this is a totally solid stepping stone set. And it’s a dual monitor kit, which is a nice plus for the price.

The overall quality is really good. Nady has been around next to forever. I'll never forget watching the show "The Voice" and in an early show that season all of the singers were kind of off pitch. That's a game changer. Then Jennifer Lopez brought her husband in Marc Anthony and he equipped the contestants with in ear bud monitoring remotely. Everyone went back to singing on pitch. Bands try to load up on floor monitors with 12-inch speakers aimed right at the singers but all of that volume leads to potential feedback, not to mention ear/hearing damage. With this system each receiver has its own volume level. With 16 user level frequencies to choose from you are all but guaranteed to reduce or eliminate interference.Now onto the unit. It comes with two 1/4" jacks with 1/4" male plugs on both ends. That is typical of a mixing consoles output. The transmitter also has an XLR input which guarantees a balance line interference free input since XLR cables are a 3-prong cable that blocks any noise in the lines. The UHF 900 MHz band providing super long-range reach which is completely interference free from any TV's.The receivers you wear have a 3.5mm output jack so you can use the included earbuds, or supply a pair of your choosing. I wanted to say something about the quality. Don't expect to get a stereo mix subwoofer and separate tweeter level of sound out of these. The purpose of these is to monitor the instruments, and be able to even hear your own voice so as to stay on key. The quality is fine. Don't expect it to be on the level of a fourteen-hundred-dollar RME monitor system. I have an RME Fireface UFX interface and it is in a league that is way up there in performance and price.This kit comes with mounting brackets in the event you want to rack mount it. The antennae input is available on the back, or in the case of a rack mount, in the front also. Two sets of earbuds, and an AC adapter plug it in the wall is also included. The AA batteries to run the remote receivers are not included but we all probably have them in stock anyhow.There is a base unit headphone output jack so the sound engineer FOH guy can monitor the mix right at the source as well. It is advisable to have everyone wearing the body pack receivers on the part of their body that faces the transmitter. It's a fine tune mention but not having to go through a body to reach the transmitter is just an added desirable thing to do to optimize the signal. The transmitters and receivers are optimized to be sensitive to the signals therefore a distance of more than 3 feet from the source is advisable in order to not have overload problems and the audio source signal should not be set too high for the same reason. So, with some tweaking and proper mounting this system performs really well.There is many a rock band member from when I grew up in the 60's who have lost most of their hearing due to performing in front of Marshall stacks. This is one way of optimizing that challenge. Not only can you monitor others in your band, be able to hear the instruments, as well as your own voice to stay in pitch, you are also protecting your ears from overload. Nice unit, highly recommended.

Note, this is the first wireless monitor system I have used.So far, it was dead easy to get going, the manual is clear and well done.I am using this in my home studio when recording, Although is takes a mono line level input, I am able to use one of my Zoom L-12 mixer (stereo) headphone monitor channels through a JIB RCA/combiner with the volume level appropriately adjusted. The result for me is, playing and recording delight. I have enough gear and cables that being able to go wireless, with in-ear monitors, is really just super pleasant and convenient.The signal is generally "highly adequate" for purposes of hearing myself sing to my accompaniment on electric guitar. I record the raw signal and meanwhile listen to the guitar through amp sim pedals to get a "more or less" feel for the guitar sound while achieving vocal isolation, and then re-amp the raw signal. So far so good, and like I said, having the wireless in ear is great. I use Sennheiser IE 40 Pro in-ear monitors, which overall are a notch or two better than the OK ish ear monitors included (which lack ear loops and don't fit quite as well).The receiver units are plastic but have already withstood being dropped multiple times. On/off is a button on the front, and at the top of the unit is a small whip antenna, volume, headphone, and line out.The range seems pretty excellent, was able to get signal all around my house except (surprise) when I stood on the other side of the chimney.I've experienced no problems with interference; in which case however, the channel select feature seems very flexible and easy to use. The PEM-02 supports two different input mixes and the receivers can both be set to one or the other, or of course more obviously, to different channels.Well packaged and presented, worthy of consideration in this price range.